Climate Maverick County Memorial International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Maverick County Memorial International Airport (K5T9) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	78.3	75	90	86		70
February	71.0	89	71	73		77
March	71.0	64	66	89		67
April	73.7		73	70	67	71
May	76.1		77	78	70	87
June	83.6		89	92	75	90
July	87.9		92	95	83
August	90.7		92	85	87	97
September	82.2		97	99	91	85
October	69.5		76	88	41
November	66.7		62	62	73
December	62.6		49	43	67
Average	76.3	75.6	77.9	80.7	73.6	79.4

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.6	83	95	97		91
February	87.3	97	91	88		95
March	90.2	87	92	96		92
April	93.4		93	96	94	88
May	94.1		92	97	96	100
June	93.8		96	100	98	98
July	95.4		99	99	98
August	98.2		98	96	98	100
September	93.9		100	99	98	98
October	84.2		98	96	46
November	84.5		82	79	92
December	74.8		56	65	79
Average	90.2	88.7	90.8	93.4	89.2	94.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.2	18	23	18		21
February	22.9	25	28	20		22
March	24.3	8	28	29		28
April	30.4		30	33	29	30
May	33.4		31	37	32	34
June	36.7		38	39	34	36
July	37.0		38	39	32
August	37.1		40	37	31	39
September	33.4		38	33	32	33
October	24.6		29	28	13
November	20.8		22	21	22
December	18.8		21	19	22
Average	27.0	16.8	30.4	29.4	27.4	29.8

59th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.3	4	8	2		8
February	8.7	11	17	4		8
March	11.8	2	14	10		16
April	16.2		16	19	18	17
May	19.5		20	23	21	21
June	20.8		24	24	24	22
July	20.6		26	26	21
August	23.9		25	25	19	25
September	20.0		23	20	18	25
October	14.0		17	16	7
November	8.6		12	11	9
December	5.7		7	11	8
Average	13.6	5.4	17.0	15.7	16.0	16.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0		0
February	0.0	0	0	0		0
March	0.0	0	0	0		0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0
Average

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.4	8	7	7		7
February	7.0	9	7	8		8
March	7.6	8	7	10		7
April	7.8		7	9	9	7
May	7.5		6	8	8	7
June	7.2		7	8	7	7
July	6.6		7	7	7
August	6.8		6	7	7	7
September	5.8		6	4	6	6
October	5.9		7	6	3
November	5.0		5	5	2
December	5.4		6	5	5
Average	6.7	8.2	6.6	7.2	6.1	7.1

59th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	344°	360°	357°		354°
February	026°	135°	353°		021°
March	117°	097°	129°		106°
April		090°	118°	090°	096°
May		117°	131°	104°	128°
June		133°	130°	110°	119°
July		118°	130°	115°
August		113°	110°	122°	136°
September		111°	103°	107°	135°
October		120°	121°	124°
November		010°	088°	088°
December		014°	070°	107°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.